Charity Shopping - bargains galore for 2021!

goldfinches

I had to pass the Sobell House Hospice shop this morning and stuck my head in just in case and was rewarded with a lovely 3l steel casserole with a glass lid and a scandinavian embossed rolling pin with reindeer and other pretty designs.
Then I just dropped in to my favourite BHF and found a leather change purse, a BNWT M*rks 100% linen shirt, 2 perspex sets of drawers for jewellery, a gel cover for my bicycle saddle and a gizmo to secure locks from inside the door for use when travelling and so on.

Rosa_Damascena

Some good buys there, @goldfinches. I love the rolling pin, it screams out Christmas cake!!

goldfinches

Rosa_Damascena said:

Some good buys there, @goldfinches. I love the rolling pin, it screams out Christmas cake!!

Thanks @Rosa_Damascena, I've been looking at embossed rolling pins online and the associated Scandinavian biscuit recipes and rather longing for one so I was thrilled to find it although I can see it will be a very difficult thing to clean after use.

DigForVictory

Miró said:

came away with a pair of emergency trousers....

OK and there's my imagination over the horizon teeth clamped into the idea of Emergency Trousers.

DigForVictory

Rosa_Damascena said:

Heresy! Please spare a thought for those of us that actually need a 34" leg and leave LTS for us!!

Oh I do. Every time I see a lovely pair of trousers into which I will not fit without a serious diet. LTS seems to wave to me until I realise designed for the willowy branch of the family. Whereas me, of pit pony scale, more difficult.

Lucy5781

Rosa_Damascena said:

Lucy5781 said:

Have found bundles of things! Multiple items in the right size and style for myself (long casual summer dresses - probably why it's now raining, sorry!!), DS and DD, brilliant tops inc Zara Kids ones for DS and where our local hospice gets brand new sample donations from Tesco's head office (also local) I got a brand new Elsa from Frozen fleece onesie, complete with fake braided hair section on the hood, for £5.00 - 3yro DD will be over the moon with it, as a few months back I found a Minecraft one for DS in the same shop, also a new sample one and she's not had a new one, only has her old 18-24mth ones!

You find the bargains drop off the older they get - probably just as well given the amount of time they spend in school uniform.

Yes, hence preferring to get him more CS bits now than lots of new things he won't wear much.
DD is easier as I have a ridiculous number of friends with girls only a year or two older than her, flooded with handme downs for her but lacking in slightly older boys for bits for him. 

C_J

I really like that Scandi Christmas embossed rolling pin, @greenfinches!

I had a day off today, and called in to a few charity shops in a nearby town while running errands. A new Helen and Douglas House had opened up since my last visit, but I came away with nothing this time 🙁

Brie

C_J said:

but I came away with nothing this time 🙁

Money saved??

Rosa_Damascena

Just seen this blog by the MSE team: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/team-blog/2019/01/Charity-shop-bargain-hunting-tricks/

I'm not interested in designer stuff, I just want good value for money and the thrill of the unexpected gift to self. If I hadn't tuned into chazzers years ago, I'd probably be treating myself to a lot more impulse lipstick / edible-treat-on-the-go purchases. Instead I've got a home packed full of stuff!!

MrsStepford

Took advantage of the Oxfam sale yesterday and snapped up:

Grain Brain - Dr David Perlmutter
The Wheat Belly Cookbook - Dr William Davis
The Alice B Toklas Cookbook
A revised edition of the Abel & Cole cookbook which was previously called Out of the Box IIRC